{"id":220964,"date":"2023-01-03T22:43:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T17:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=220964"},"modified":"2023-01-03T22:43:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T17:13:13","slug":"answered-suggest-some-measures-to-control-the-increasing-ransomware-attacks-in-india","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-suggest-some-measures-to-control-the-increasing-ransomware-attacks-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] Suggest some measures to control the increasing ransomware attacks in India."},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"616\"><strong>Introduction:\u00a0<\/strong>Contextual introduction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Body:\u00a0<\/strong> Write some measures to control the increasing ransomware attacks in India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong>: Write a way forward.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Ransomware is a type of <strong>malicious software,<\/strong> used by cyber criminals, to infect a computer system by blocking access to the stored data by encrypting the files. A ransom is then demanded from the owner in exchange for the decryption key. <strong>CERT-In\u2019s India Ransomware Report<\/strong> for the first half of 2022 said that there\u2019s been a <strong>51% year-on-year increase in ransomware incidents<\/strong>. A majority of attacks are on datacentres.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Measures to control the increasing ransomware attacks in India:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A national cyber security strategy<\/strong>: This will be a guiding document to motivate and monitor the preparedness of cyber readiness of institutes and also enhance capacity on many fronts including forensics, accurate attribution and cooperation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Increased budget for cyber security measures<\/strong>: Significant budgets have to be allocated by various ministries to ensure cyber security measures.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capacity enhancement<\/strong>: The capacity enhancement for the National Critical Information Infrastructure Centre (NCIIPC) and CERT-In has to be undertaken to address the emerging sophisticated nature of threats and attacks. Further, <strong>sectoral CERTs have to be set up<\/strong> for many areas including health.<\/li>\n<li><strong>International cooperation<\/strong>: This will help India to gain more knowledge and power. For this, India has to move beyond the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) meetings and the US-led Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) of 37 countries and the European Union.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Purpose limitation in collecting data<\/strong> by all regulated entities needs to be strictly enforced as sweeping in more data than required on flimsy pretexts increases risks manifold.<\/li>\n<li>Highly sensitive data such as biometrics are collected by different government organisations who may not all have high standards of cybersecurity. <strong>Collection of biometrics needs to be limited.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Given data\u2019s non-rivalrous quality, offering a regulator too much leeway protects a regulated entity at the expense of potential victims. So <strong>narrow down the discretion enjoyed by a regulator<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Proper cyber risk management should be followed. This includes not only preventing breaches but also placing guidelines regarding the process to be followed once there is a cyberattack. This will help minimise financially and mitigate reputational damage when a breach occurs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction:\u00a0Contextual introduction. Body:\u00a0 Write some measures to control the increasing ransomware attacks in India. Conclusion: Write a way forward. Ransomware is a type of malicious software, used by cyber criminals, to infect a computer system by blocking access to the stored data by encrypting the files. A ransom is then demanded from the owner in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-suggest-some-measures-to-control-the-increasing-ransomware-attacks-in-india\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[Answered] Suggest some measures to control the increasing ransomware attacks in India.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-220964","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}